joining Oman Air....... need an advice
 

i am joining oman air in the next couple of months as 737 F0, i need an advice regarding the housing since i am gonna have my family with me, where is the good place, and also regarding the routes the 737-700 is flying in oman, and do they have over night stops or they fly back home in the same day.
and i appreciate to make friendship so once i get there i will have friends:ok:

thanks and i appreciate it

I would be joining also in a couple of weeks, as I understand the housing is very expensive and dificult to get. The company could provide you with a 2 bedroom apartment but if your family is to big that does'nt works. So plan to expend some money in rent. Only to overnights in India as far as I know, but that is going to chenge in the next 2 years.
Hope to meet you there and best of lucks.

You really should do some research before joining an airline , especially if you take children with you.
However , I like to help , so I can tell you that you will most likely have to pay a bit extra over your rent allowance , but you should get yourselves a very nice villa for that .
There are 700s and 800s ( more coming ) , and MOST of the flying is out of Oman , several nightstops .
Enjoy.

thanks guys, Micorlightlover, are you gonna be capt. or F/O
I hope to meet you there too.

take care

joining Oman Air.......
 

Hi Microlightlover and pilot_737_NG,

How is the simulator & interview look like ;)please share pm me I will go for the interview and simulator end of this month :ok:, THANKS

Housing depends entirely on your standard and location.

Recently, rents have shot up to a 100% increase in some places, so do expect to pay a bit to secure a good place.

i feel very sorry for you to joine omanair as airline the don't have plan no future at all anyway all the best

joining Oman Air.......
 

Hi OXIDE pls check your pm:ok:

Speedtwoten.....any news on your paperwork?

The housing here is very expensive if you are planning on living somewhere like MQ or Qurum.

My "employer" pays for my accommodation so I have nothing to worry about there and I am comfortably housed.

There has been a new law introduced that only allows landlords to increase rents by 15% per year and this is causing major grief because landlords are evicting tenants under the reason of "renovations" and then massively hiking up the rents for new tenants.

Expect to pay around 1000 - 1200 rials a month for a villa and around 600 - 800 rials a month for a decent two or three bedroomed apartment - all depending on location.

Areas I would recommend living are:
Madinat Sultan Qaboos (MQ), Shatti Al Qurum or some parts of Al Khuwair. (all about a 20 minute drive from the airport but due to roadworks at Bowshar and Ghala roundabouts it gets a bit mental in the afternoons so leave 15 minutes earlier if you are doing afternoon shifts.)

Athaibah, Mawahla, Al Hail....all near the airport.

Oman is a great place to live. Look me up when you get here.

Farrell

joining Oman Air.......
 

Hi Farrel my buddy,

Got hired by Oman Air signed the offer letter already, just waiting for them to clear my visa don't how long, surely I'll give a call when I got there, just doing my 30 days notice period with present company, I believe Oman is nice place to stay:ok:

A 330 Tre?
 

Do they already recruit A 330 TRE`s?

Anyone could provide us with the tel No or email of the Flight ops or HR in Oman Air?

Hr Phone No. +968 24519933 Or +968 24519897 Or +968 24519321.
Flight Ops, +968 24519302 Or 287 Or +968 24519466 Or 178 Or 484 Or838.

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FD Recruitment Omanair
 

Michelle Pereira
Oman Air - Flight Operations
P.O.Box 58, P.C 111
C.P.O, Seeb
Sultanate of Oman
Tel: 00968 24518187
Fax: 00968 24522243
Email: [email protected]

This email works.
Good luck.

Hi

In the latest FLIGHT magazine I have seen vacancies available for several positions in the flight operations dept.

Im surprised , the positions are for Chief Pilot , Instructors and others ~!

Where are Omani Pilots ?

I guess they have been having lot of Omanis in the airline, they cant get them for such managerial positions ?

my dear do you think evry pilot can be a manager or a chief pilot.:}

Yes agreed , not any pilot can be a manager !

But there are Omanis who are capable of being a Chief Pilot or a manager !

Pay is not enough, if the VP flight ops is getting less than a Cpt in near by airlines, what do you expect them to give a CP??

So problem is the PAY but not qualified OMANIS !

Then thats an area which can be addressed to people concerned, I think OMAN was far ahead of other gulf states when it came to nationals only taking over important positions.

Its unfortunate you can not have Unions for Pilots in Gulf States, otherwise my airline when I joined 22 years ago as the most junior F/O my salary was just around 50$ a month , thru Pilot bodies like IFALPA and our own Unions we have managed to to be where we are today, including the likes of Kenya Airways.

Somone somewhere has to know who PILOTS are !

union is allowed in Oman and i think its on its way soon .